Overview
- Kira Kimura clinched gold with 179.50 points after a finals-best 90.50 on his last jump.
- Ryoma Kimata, last year’s big air world champion, secured silver with 171.50 points after missing his final landing.
- Defending Olympic champion Su Yiming of China earned bronze, edging 17-year-old American Oliver Martin out of the medals.
- The result delivers Japan its first Olympic gold and silver in men’s big air.
- Both Japanese medalists are slated for slopestyle competition as Ayumu Hirano prepares to defend his halfpipe title.